SPEAKER PROFILES - CME Program
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Dr. Sara Meltzer (Traditional Medicine) Dr. Meltzer graduated from the University of Alberta Medical School. She went to McGill for specialty training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, with 1 year spent in Endocrinology at the University of Paris, France. She is a staff endocrinologist at the McGill University Health Centre - Royal Victoria Hospital and Associate Professor at McGill University in Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Meltzer has been actively involved in Diabetes Quebec and the Canadian Diabetes Association in the development of educational materials and was chair of the steering committee for the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes in Canada. For her participation in the 1998 guideline development team, she received the Banting Award in 1999 from the CDA. In 2001, she was awarded the Wong Award, also from the CDA, for her “outstanding service and contribution for people with diabetes”. For the 2003 revision of the Canadian Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada, she was subcommittee chair for pregnancy and a member of the Steering Committee. She worked with Health Canada “Care” Working Group to develop a “blueprint” for a National Diabetes Strategy for 2004-2009. Dr. Ernest McCrank (Complementary Medicine/Physicians’ Health) Ernie McCrank is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario. He is presently in private practice in Calgary, Alberta and sits as a member of the Research and Ethics Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Dr. McCrank has been on the Teaching Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Queen’s University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Western Ontario. He was Chief of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee at University Hospital in London, Ontario and has trained in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He is primarily interested in the spectrum of anxiety disorders, stress disorders and mind-body interaction in physical disease and has been a juvenile diabetic for over 50 years. Dr. Robert D. Horvath (Practice Management) Dr. Horvath, a graduate of the University of Toronto, has practiced Family and Emergency Medicine since 1982. He now works as a full time emergency room physician at both divisions of North York General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine of the University of Toronto, Dr. Horvath teaches students in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Dr. Horvath is the CEO of Rosterware Inc., which produces state-of-the-art Internet-based scheduling applications for Health Care. He has given several lectures and presentations on electronic medical records and electronic information exchange. Gregory Hilderman (Wealth Management) Greg has been a partner in G2 Financial for the past 12 years and practicing comprehensive financial planning for the past 23. He is a Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant and has spent the past 15 years specializing in retirement, tax and estate planning. Greg has been instrumental in reshaping how numerous physician groups are compensated, with a focus on improving their current and future lifestyle. Some of the groups he has worked with include Neo-Natologists, Radiologists, Thoracic Surgeons, Neurologists and the Oncologists of Alberta and British Columbia.